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  • The study aimed to identify factors that predict improvement in chronic rhinosinusitis symptoms, measured by the SNOT-22, after initiating highly effective modulator therapy in adults with cystic fibrosis.
  • Data from 184 participants showed that worse initial SNOT-22 scores, having the F508del mutation, and not having prior modulator therapy were linked to greater symptom improvement post-therapy.
  • The minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for the SNOT-22 in this population was determined to be 8.5 points, indicating significant symptom improvement, and the test demonstrated strong internal consistency.
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By adolescence, two-thirds of youth report exposure to at least one traumatic event, yet the impact of trauma history is not routinely considered when evaluating the effect of psychotherapeutic interventions. Trauma may be a particularly important moderator of the effects of transdiagnostic therapies for emotional disorders, as trauma exposure is associated with risk for the development of comorbid depression and anxiety. The current study examined the history of trauma exposure and the presence of clinically significant depression as moderators of treatment outcomes in the Brief Behavioral Therapy (BBT) trial, the largest study of transdiagnostic psychotherapy for youth.

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  • Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is infecting more older children and adults, which is causing problems for health care and people's quality of life.
  • There is a plan to improve vaccination to protect everyone, but we don't have enough information about how effective adult vaccines are or how often adults actually get pertussis.
  • To make better decisions about adult vaccinations, we need more data about how common pertussis is in adults, why some people skip vaccines, and how well the vaccines work over time.
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  • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can severely impact infants and older adults, but there's limited knowledge regarding its effects on pregnant women.
  • A study analyzed RSV hospitalizations in women aged 18-49, comparing pregnant and nonpregnant women across different time periods to assess severe outcomes.
  • Results showed that pregnant women had fewer severe RSV cases, with no deaths reported among them, and more asymptomatic pregnant women were found during the pandemic due to changes in testing.
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This is the third paper in the series providing updated information and recommendations for people with cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-related disorder (CFTR-RD). This paper covers the individual disorders, including the established conditions - congenital absence of the vas deferens (CAVD), diffuse bronchiectasis and chronic or acute recurrent pancreatitis - and also other conditions which might be considered a CFTR-RD, including allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, chronic rhinosinusitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis and aquagenic wrinkling. The CFTR functional and genetic evidence in support of the condition being a CFTR-RD are discussed and guidance for reaching the diagnosis, including alternative conditions to consider and management recommendations, is provided.

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Background: Mineral bone disorder (MBD) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with high symptom burden, fractures, vascular calcification, cardiovascular disease and increased morbidity and mortality. CKD-MBD studies have been limited in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Here, we describe calcium and parathyroid hormone (PTH) control, related treatments and mortality associations in PD patients.

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Omalizumab for the Treatment of Multiple Food Allergies.

N Engl J Med

March 2024

From the Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (R.A.W., J.D., K.M.), and the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), Bethesda (A.T., A.K.R.S., M.V., S.D.H., E.B., J.P., L.M.W.) - both in Maryland; the Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (S.H.S., J.W., M.G.); the Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology and Food Allergy Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (W.G.S., D.P.); the University of North Carolina School of Medicine (E.H.K., C.A.K., M.K.) and Rho (A.C., C.M.H., N.H.R., N.Y.) - both in Chapel Hill; the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock (S.M.J., A.M.S.); National Jewish Health, Denver (D.Y.M.L., B.J.L.); Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta (B.P.V., T.L.); the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (J.A.B., C.P.); the Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics at Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (J.M.S., T.B.-W.); Genentech-Roche, South San Francisco (A.I., J.O.), and Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto (S.B.S., A.L., R.S.C.) - both in California; and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ (M.L.-S., A.U.).

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  • A clinical trial tested the effectiveness and safety of omalizumab, an anti-IgE antibody, for treating multiple food allergies in individuals aged 1 to 55, primarily focusing on its ability to allow safe consumption of peanuts and other allergic foods.
  • Out of 462 people screened, 177 children and adolescents completed the study, with 67% of those on omalizumab successfully consuming 600 mg of peanut protein without severe reactions, compared to only 7% of the placebo group.
  • The results showed similar success rates for other allergenic foods (cashew, milk, and egg), with overall safety profiles being comparable, though more injection-site reactions were reported in those receiving omalizumab.
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A core outcome set for acute necrotizing pancreatitis: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma modified Delphi method consensus study.

J Trauma Acute Care Surg

June 2024

From the Division of General and Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery (M.S.F., J.G.), Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania; Department of Surgery (A.A.), University of California, San Francisco, California; Division of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery (S.B.), University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (P.F.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam/Free University; Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism (P.F., R.P.V.), Research Institute; Cancer Center Amsterdam (P.F., R.P.V.), Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Surgery (F.A.G.), Institution Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, Delaware; Department of Surgery (K.H.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; National Pancreas Foundation (D.J.), Chicago, Illinois; Department of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care (C.L.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Surgery (N.M.), Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina; Department of Surgery (B.R.H.R.), Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington; National Pancreas Foundation (A.R.), Rockland, New York; Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine (V.K.S.), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland; Regional Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Unit (A.K.S.), Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, England; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (S.S.V.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine (G.T.), University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Department of Surgery (B.C.V.), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (R.P.V.), Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Surgery (D.D.Y.), Denver Health, Denver, Colorado; and Department of Surgery (R.B.G.), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.

Background: The management of acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) has changed dramatically over the past 20 years including the use of less invasive techniques, the timing of interventions, nutritional management, and antimicrobial management. This study sought to create a core outcome set (COS) to help shape future research by establishing a minimal set of essential outcomes that will facilitate future comparisons and pooling of data while minimizing reporting bias.

Methods: A modified Delphi process was performed through involvement of ANP content experts.

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Background: Many emerging adults (EAs) are prone to making unhealthy choices, which increase their risk of premature cancer morbidity and mortality. In the era of social media, rigorous research on interventions to promote health behaviors for cancer risk reduction among EAs delivered over social media is limited. Cancer prevention information and recommendations may reach EAs more effectively over social media than in settings such as health care, schools, and workplaces, particularly for EAs residing in rural areas.

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  • * The CDC formed an independent group called the ACIP COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Technical Work Group (VaST) to monitor vaccine safety and address any concerns that arose post-authorization.
  • * VaST met regularly from November 2020 to April 2023, collaborating with federal agencies to review safety data and inform vaccination policies while ensuring the effective assessment of safety during the rollout of multiple COVID-19 vaccines.
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Antithrombotic Treatment for Stroke Prevention in Cervical Artery Dissection: The STOP-CAD Study.

Stroke

April 2024

Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI (S. Yaghi, L.S., D. Mandel, K.P., V.D., K.B., T.B., N.K., F. Khan, C.S., N.M., E.G., K.F.).

Background: Small, randomized trials of patients with cervical artery dissection showed conflicting results regarding optimal stroke prevention strategies. We aimed to compare outcomes in patients with cervical artery dissection treated with antiplatelets versus anticoagulation.

Methods: This is a multicenter observational retrospective international study (16 countries, 63 sites) that included patients with cervical artery dissection without major trauma.

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  • The study examined the relationship between omega-3 PUFAs and stroke risk across 29 global cohorts, focusing on total, ischemic, and hemorrhagic strokes.
  • Results showed that higher levels of eicosapentaenoic acid reduced the incidence of total and ischemic strokes by 17% and 18%, respectively, while docosahexaenoic acid also lowered these risks by 12% and 14%.
  • The findings indicate that although higher omega-3 PUFA levels are linked to reduced total and ischemic stroke risks, there is no effect on hemorrhagic strokes.
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Background: Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is a critical supportive therapy in cardiovascular surgery (CVS). Donor selection and testing have reduced the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections; however, risks remain from bacteria, emerging viruses, pathogens for which testing is not performed and from residual donor leukocytes. Amustaline (S-303)/glutathione (GSH) treatment pathogen reduction technology is designed to inactivate a broad spectrum of infectious agents and leukocytes in RBC concentrates.

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Objectives: There have been limited investigations of the prevalence and mortality impact of quantitative CT (QCT) parenchymal lung features in RA. We examined the cross-sectional prevalence and mortality associations of QCT features, comparing RA and non-RA participants.

Methods: We identified participants with and without RA in COPDGene, a multicentre cohort study of current or former smokers.

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Background: Individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have an increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), but questions remain about the underlying pathology. Identifying which CAD loci are modified by T2D in the development of subclinical atherosclerosis (coronary artery calcification [CAC], carotid intima-media thickness, or carotid plaque) may improve our understanding of the mechanisms leading to the increased CAD in T2D.

Methods: We compared the common and rare variant associations of known CAD loci from the literature on CAC, carotid intima-media thickness, and carotid plaque in up to 29 670 participants, including up to 24 157 normoglycemic controls and 5513 T2D cases leveraging whole-genome sequencing data from the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine program.

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Management of pediatric renal trauma: Results from the American Association for Surgery and Trauma Multi-Institutional Pediatric Acute Renal Trauma Study.

J Trauma Acute Care Surg

May 2024

From the Department of Urology (C.K.H.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery (R.M.), School of Medicine (J.W.), and Division of Urology, Department of Surgery (R.M., J.W., A.K.B., A.J.S.), Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Surgery (S.A.Z., K.T.K.), University of California Davis, Sacramento, California; Medical College of Wisconsin, School of Medicine (A.S.); Department of Surgery (K.T.F.-O'.B.), Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Trauma, Department of General Surgery (G.S., S.S., N.F.), Cooper University Health Care, Camden, New Jersey; Department of Surgery (A.B.H.), WakeMed, Raleigh; Department of General Surgery (K.A.Z.), Section of Pediatric Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Department of Radiology (G.C.K.), Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando, Florida; Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery (B.E.L.), University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky; Nemours Children's Health (J.M.D.), Jacksonville, Florida; Department of Surgery (M.S.), Department of Urology (C.C.), and Department of Surgery (X.L.-O.), Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Loma Linda, California; Department of Urology (J.R.S., M.S., F.B.), Beaumont Health-Royal Oak, Royal Oak, Michigan; Department of Surgery (R.A.M., M.E.R.), Section of Urology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire; Pediatric Urology Research Enterprise, Department of Pediatric Urology (V.M.V., N.V.H., H.M.L.), Children's Hospital Colorado; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery (V.M.V., N.V.H., H.M.L.), University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado; Department of Urology (B.N.), Cornell University; Department of Urology (H.C., B.B.), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Division of Urology (I.S., K.F., T.P.), Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (J.S.); and Department of Urology (P.N., J.C.H.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Background: Pediatric renal trauma is rare and lacks sufficient population-specific data to generate evidence-based management guidelines. A nonoperative approach is preferred and has been shown to be safe. However, bleeding risk assessment and management of collecting system injury are not well understood.

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Background: Among patients hospitalized for atrial fibrillation, the frequency of off-label direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) dosing, associated factors, hospital-level variation, and temporal trends in contemporary practice are unknown.

Methods: Using the Get With The Guidelines-Atrial Fibrillation registry, patients admitted from January 1, 2014, to March 31, 2020, and discharged on DOACs were stratified according to receipt of underdosing, overdosing, or recommended dosing. Factors associated with off-label dosing (defined as underdosing or overdosing) were identified using logistic regression.

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The Human Affectome.

Neurosci Biobehav Rev

March 2024

Neuroqualia (NGO), Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. Electronic address:

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  • Theoretical perspectives in the affective sciences have increased in variety rather than converging due to differing beliefs about the nature and function of human emotions.
  • A teleological principle is proposed to create a unified approach by viewing human affective phenomena as algorithms that adapt to comfort or monitor these adaptations.
  • This framework aims to organize existing theories and inspire new research in the field, leading to a more integrated understanding of human affectivity through the concept of the Human Affectome.
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Sparsentan versus Irbesartan in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.

N Engl J Med

December 2023

From the Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (M.N.R.); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle (C.E.A.); the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom (J.B.); Travere Therapeutics, San Diego, CA (S.B., U.D., J.K.I., R.K., W.R.); the Division of Nephrology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (P.C., J.R.); the Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Red Cross Hospital, Seoul, South Korea (D.-W.C.); Penn Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Perelman, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (G.C.); the Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation Unit, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy (L.G.); the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.J.L.H.); the George Institute for Global Health (H.J.L.H., V.P.) and the Faculty of Medicine and Health (V.P.), University of New South Wales, Sydney, and the Department of Renal Medicine, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, and Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, Concord, NSW (M.G.W.) - all in Australia; the Department of Medicine (Nephrology), Federal University of São Paulo (G.M.K.), and the Division of Nephrology, University of São Paulo (I.L.N.) - both in São Paulo; the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (D.K.); Colorado Kidney Care, Denver (L.A.K.); Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ (K.L.); JAMCO Pharma Consulting, Stockholm (A.M.); the Division of Nephrology, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (B.R.); Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze, Prague, Czech Republic (V.T.); the Nephrology Service, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (H. Trimarchi); the Renal Division, Emory University, Atlanta, and the NephroNet Clinical Trials Consortium, Lawrenceville - both in Georgia (J.T.); and the Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (H. Trachtman).

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  • - A phase 3 trial investigated the long-term effects of sparsentan versus irbesartan in treating focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) over 108 weeks, enrolling 371 patients aged 8 to 75.
  • - At 36 weeks, sparsentan showed a significantly higher rate of partial remission of proteinuria (42%) compared to irbesartan (26%), and this positive response continued up to 108 weeks.
  • - However, there were no significant differences in the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) slopes between the two groups at the final analysis, indicating that while proteinuria improved, kidney function as measured by eGFR remained similar with both treatments. *
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Background: Dry eye disease (DED) is a disorder characterized by loss of tear film homeostasis that causes ocular surface inflammation and damage. The incidence of DED increases with age. Cyclosporine ophthalmic solution 0.

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  • The STEMI-DTU pilot study investigated the safety and practicality of using a trans-valvular pump for left ventricular (LV) unloading before reperfusion in patients with acute STEMI.
  • A total of 50 patients with anterior STEMI were enrolled, but only 32 completed the study after excluding those who didn't meet criteria; cardiac imaging was used to assess infarct size and microvascular obstruction.
  • Results showed that LV unloading did significantly reduce infarct size relative to the area at risk, particularly when performed within 180 minutes of symptom onset, but did not show a significant difference in microvascular obstruction between the two patient groups.
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Hospitalized While Incarcerated: Incarceration-Specific Care Practices.

Ann Intern Med

November 2023

Division of Hospital Medicine, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado (L.A.H.).

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  • New immunosuppressive therapies are needed to enhance long-term survival rates in kidney transplants.
  • The iBOX Scoring System has received qualification from the European Medicines Agency as a new method to measure treatment outcomes in kidney transplant clinical trials.
  • This system allows researchers to compare the effectiveness of new therapies against standard treatments over a 6 to 24-month period, aiming to show that new treatments are superior rather than just comparable.
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Introduction: Patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) are uniquely susceptible to a number of serious viral skin complications, including eczema herpeticum (EH), caused by herpes simplex virus. This study explored the associations between biomarkers of epithelial barrier dysfunction, type 2 immunity, Staphylococcus aureus infection, and S. aureus-specific immunoglobulin responses in a cohort of AD subjects with and without a history of EH (EH+ and EH-, respectively).

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